Drake, er, Aubrey Graham in the intro of "Degrassi: The Next Generation"

Drake's visit to Jimmy Fallon's show to promote this Saturday's hosting stint on "SNL" included the Toronto rapper losing the most Canadian game of all time -- beer hockey, a combo of beer pong and air hockey.

But the real winners were "Degrassi: The Next Generation" fans, as Fallon showed a hilarious photo from an early season and got Drake to make an awesome admission he'd never revealed before.

"It was the first audition I went on, and it was a real pivotal day of my life because but it was also the day that I got accepted by these real cool Jewish kids at school. They were finally like, 'yeah, come over.' And I had this tug-of-war moment where I did something I shouldn't have done, that starts with 'w' and ends with 'eed."

Drake -- who last year told The Guardian he sipped codeine, smoked weed and drank wine, but "all within moderation. I care too much about what I have. I'm not going to throw it away for that." -- said this was actually his very first time smoking pot.

"I started really getting paranoid. I thought I'd ruined my whole life, I was splashing water on my face constantly, it was like a Clearasil commercial. I showed up to the audition, and got just a little less paranoid, and did what I could. I was devastated, and couldn't tell my mom, but I ended up getting a call back and getting the role."

But the future Drizzy said he did learn something from the experience and never mixes business with bongs.

"I don't understand people who can go out on stage under the influence of anything, I have to be straight and clear minded, kids at home!"

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Drake Highlights of 2013

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Drizzy gave fans a sneak peek at the first single from "Nothing Was The Same" when he posted “Started From The Bottom” on his October’s Very Own blog on February 1. The song officially became available on iTunes five days later and sparked many a debate about the location of The Bottom, Drake’s relation to The Bottom and the actual bottomness of Drake’s starting point. Director X’s inspired video for the song, which sees the star working at a Shopper’s Drug Mart, came out on February 10.

A month after Drake unleashed the first single from his forthcoming album on the world, he treated his fans to this non-album track in which he references some hometown hallmarks, thinks about his haters, touches on recent controversies like his club altercation with Chris Brown and maybe says something vague about his oft-rumoured feud with The Weeknd.

Once again, Drake showed his love for his hometown of Toronto by hosting a massive music festival at the city’s Molson Canadian Amphitheatre and then packing the already star-studded bill with an impressive list of superstar guests. This year’s edition of OVO featured the likes of James Blake, The Weeknd, J. Cole, Puffy and Ma$e, A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne and TLC.

Drake once again showed his softer side with this Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson-inspired slow jam. The second single from Nothing Was The Same, “Hold On We’re Going Home” was released on August 7 and became a top five hit in the US, Canada and The UK. It also unwittingly became the soundtrack and inspiration for Starbucks Drake Hands.

Drake dropped his third album on September 24 to critical and commercial success. The disc, featuring guest appearances by the likes of 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Jay Z, received praise from Rolling Stone, Spin, Complex and The Guardian, among other outlets, and debuted in the number one position on the Billboard 200, selling 658,000 copies in its first week in the US.
Featured Track: "The Language"

Drake was named the Toronto Raptors’ “Global Ambassador” at a press conference on September 30. At said press conference, the rapper declared that “my goal is to do anything I’m asked to do to bring a championship to Toronto.” (Feel free to insert your own “Started From The Bottom” joke here.) He also called the beleaguered NBA team his new family.

Just after Kanye West severed his ties with the footwear and sportswear giant over a royalties dispute, Drake announced that he would be partnering up with Nike’s Air Jordan brand to design a line of sneakers. Kanye is apparently cool with this development.

After some early hiccups and postponements, Drake successfully launched his Would You Like a Tour? in support of "Nothing Was The Same" on October 18 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Despite the rumours of slow ticket sales and snarky jokes along the lines of “Apparently we would not like a tour,” the tour, featuring opening acts like Future and The Weeknd, went on to be quite welcome and desired, indeed, selling out shows in major markets like Montreal, New York City and Atlanta. He also sold out his hometown Toronto show, which happened on his 27th birthday. Would You Like A Tour? will continue well into March of 2014.

2013 was the year in which Drake allegedly dated everyone or at least got them all hot and bothered with his general Drakeness. He had dinner with Tatyana Ali (and mentioned it in "Tuscan Leather"). Selena Gomez admitted that she had a major crush on him. He started publicly palling around with Rihanna again and reignited all of those rumours. And now he’s been seen getting cozy with Zoe Kravitz.
On top of all of that, Amanda Bynes told Twitter that she wanted Drake to "murder my vagina" before she was institutionalized.

Drake was such a huge fan of the first "Anchorman" movie that he decided to flat out ask Ron Burgundy himself, Will Ferrell, for a role in the sequel. Ferrell and director Adam Kay welcomed the rapper on set, decked him out in an impressive seventies leather jacket and an even more impressive afro and put him in a scene with Ron and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate).

There's just something about Drizzy that brings out the internet’s creative (and occasionally mean) side. This year, we were treated to inspired reinterpretations of the album artwork for "Nothing Was The Same", made up Drake lyrics, and Drake Wearing Dada, among others. He also provided the soundtrack for the infamous Starbucks Drake Hands.
And Drake The Type Of continued to be a thing.

Finishing the year off the highest note possible for any musician who is not actually Yonce herself, Drake made an appearance on Beyonce's groundbreaking self-titled visual album. He performs alongside the singer in the emotional duet "Mine,” and also shows up in the accompanying video.

After claiming best rap album for "Take Care" at the beginning of the year, he ended 2013 with four new Grammy nominations for next February's award show, including best rap album ("Nothing Was the Same"), best rap performance ("Started From the Bottom") and two for best rap song ("Started From the Bottom" and for guesting on A$AP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems.")